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CVE-2026-29111VulnerabilityPublished Updated

Red Hat Security Advisory: systemd security update

Affects Red Hat systemdSource GCVE Database

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Not known to be exploited.

Data as of 30 Oct 2026, 06:59 UTC

Severity
Medium

Rated by Threat Radar · CVSS not yet scored by NVD

EPSS
0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 2% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 4 Aug 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 29 Oct 2026.

What to do

AI-suggested

Red Hat has released updated systemd packages that fix this vulnerability. Users of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Life Cycle and AUS variants should apply the provided security update as detailed in the Red Hat advisory (RHSA-2026:50051). No additional mitigations are specified beyond applying the official patch.

Description

A security update for systemd in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 addresses a vulnerability (CVE-2026-29111) that could allow arbitrary code execution or denial of service via crafted IPC API call data. systemd is a critical system and service manager for Linux systems. The vulnerability is rated as moderate severity by Red Hat Product Security. The update fixes the issue in systemd packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 variants.

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